Urgent Appeal Case

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that the Turag police forcefully invaded a disputed land, and the house located on it, despite a court order requesting them not to do so. The owner of the land, Lata Rahman, had previously sought the order following a dispute over the land with […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received disturbing information regarding the re-arrest of citizens in Nepal, indicating that the practice is still rife within the country. From this information we can confirm that Shanta Rai, a permanent resident of Itahara VDC ward no 3, Morang and Yeshodha Khatiwada, a permanent resident of […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) deeply regrets to inform you that another peasant leader, Ofelia Rodriguez (61), was killed allegedly by gunmen believed to be military agents in Pampanga, Luzon on 16 January 2006. She was killed inside her house while attending to her granddaughter and elderly mother. A report by the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a human rights group in Uttar Pradesh, India of at least three confirmed cases involving the tribal members of the ‘Musahar’ community who were tortured and treated as slaves. Those who attempted to challenge this treatment were further tortured and intimidated by police […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is appalled by the serious threats made against the life of labour union leader, Enrico Estarez and his family. The threats were allegedly made by military officials Colonel Oliras and several men attached to the 24th Infantry Battalion of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding serious threats made against the life of a human rights defender in Nepal. In recent days, the Sub-Inspector of the Kanchanpur district police office, Sher Singh Karki, has approached several members of human rights organisation, Advocacy Forum requesting that they relay a warning […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the arbitrary detention and torture of a man by the Kanchanpur district police office. Tek Raj Bhatta ran away from his home with his wife, as her family did not approve of their marriage. His father-in-law demanded that they return to their home […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the brutal torture, arbitrary arrest and 19 day illegal detention of a man by the ranger and his subordinate of the Royal Sukla Fhata National Park of Maj-Gwan Kanchanpur, Nepal. Kar Bir Singh was suspected by park ranger, Mr Ashok Kumar Shah and […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Ms. Lia Aminuddin, a leader of a religious community called Eden Community, which is located in Jl. Mahoni, Senen Jakarta Pusat, was illegally arrested along with 47 members by police officers from the District Police Office of the Special Territory of the Capital […]

Dear friends, It has come to the attention of the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) that on 11 January 2006, approximately 125 semi-permanent houses were bulldozed by the local authorities, evicting 140 families from their homes in Kampung Melayu, Jatinegara, East Jakarta, Indonesia. This incident is the latest in a series of forced evictions related […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the torture of a man and the assault of and verbal abuse against a human rights defender by the Inspector-in-Charge (IC) of Serampore police station in West Bengal, India. Mr Kirity Roy, the Secretary of our local partner MASUM, a local nongovernmental organisation […]

Dear friends, It has come to the attention of the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) that a 21-year-old man was tortured by police personnel attached to the Horana police station on 5 January 2006. The police raided the victim’s house and took him into custody without providing any arrest warrant or giving any reason for […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of yet another case of brutal torture of a man, D.A. Gayan Rasika (24), by the Welipenna police following his arrest on 7 January 2006.  While in police custody, his relatives reported to the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRC) “torture hotline” […]

Dear friends, It has come to the attention of the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) that two men were tortured by police officers in Buay Runjung, South Sumatera, Indonesia on 23 November 2005. Arafik Bin Amri and Hendri Bin Suandi were returning home after buying cows, and were stopped by police officers from the Sector […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM, a human rights organisation in West Bengal, about the police shootout at protestors in Orissa, India which has resulted in the confirmed death of nine persons. There are also reports from various sources that the total death toll will be at least […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of a report by the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) stating that enquiries are ongoing regarding 20 complaints of forced disappearances that are alleged to have taken place during the month of December 2005. In a statement issued on this matter […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the alleged gang rape of a woman belonging to a minority community by six men in Hogolpota village, Bagerhat district on 30 October 2005. The victim, accompanied by her husband, was on her way home after making a phone call to her son […]

INDIA: Feudal lords attack Daliths for claiming proper wage, while police refuse to take action and pressure the victim to withdraw complaint in Uttar Pradesh, India INDIA: Racial discrimination, murderous assault, corrupt policing, complete failure of rule of law ——————————————————————— Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from our local partner […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that a man was brutally tortured by the police, who subsequently filed fabricated charges against him on 23 December 2005. The victim, P.K.G. Jayawardena (46), was tortured by policemen attached to the Thambuththegama Police Station following his arrest. The policemen, one of whom […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed by Task Force against Torture (TFT) of the Rajshahi district that two persons were killed by police fire in the Chapainawabganj district. The policemen were guarding the office of the rural electrification centre (Palli Biddut Kendra) while around 10,000 consumers were demanding regular uninterrupted […]